High-ranking leaders of Vietnam and Laos have agreed to give the top priority to developing and lifting the two countries’ relationship to a new height in a practical, effective and quality manner, President Tran Dai Quang has said.

Building 14 thermal power plants in the Mekong Delta is a “very unsustainable development scenario”, Nguyen Minh Due, chair of the Energy Science Council of the Vietnam Energy Association, said.

VietNamNet Bridge - Avoiding the crowded industrial cosmetics market segment, Vietnamese manufacturers are developing organic products. However, the path to success has not been smooth.

VietNamNet Bridge - The government in 2015 approved a plan on reforming curricula and textbooks for general education, emphasizing a student-centered approach which aims to promote initiative, creativity and self-study.

Television companies, complaining that they are losing big money because of copyright infringement, have urged MIC to impose heavier sanctions on violators, saying the  television industry will not be able to develop.

 The North-South railway has resumed operation, 12 hours following a train accident that derailed three carriages and injured at least three people September 3 in Quang Binh Province.

VietNamNet Bridge - Formerly a country that exported crude oil at low prices, Vietnam now produces petroleum products which can satisfy half of domestic demand.

Injecting money in non-core business fields, experimenting in real estate projects, and having a bad financial foundation are the three most significant risks facing the business environment in Vietnam.

VietNamNet Bridge - Xe Dang and Ca Dong ethnic minorities who live on Ngoc Linh mountain call a wild ripe fruit ‘hat lua’ or ‘fire grain’, the seed of a medicinal plant called K5 ginseng, or Ngoc Linh ginseng.

VietNamNet Bridge - A house with a floor area of 100 square meters on Dong Khoi street in District 1 of HCMC has a market price of VND1 billion per square meter. 

VietNamNet Bridge - At the Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences (VASS), one teacher guides up to 44 PhD students and one PhD is produced every 1.76 days.

VietNamNet Bridge - Scientists believe that Vietnam should master remote-sensing satellite technology as it will have to buy geostationary telecommunication satellites for dozens of years more.

Ho Chi Minh City has invested 1.1 trillion VND (48.4 million USD) in the past two years to implement 36 projects in fire prevention and control and rescue as well as provide equipment for departments and agencies in the city.

The National Centre for Hydrometeorogical Forecasting warned that two or four storms and low pressures will arise in the East Sea in September, and one or two of which may affect the country’s mainland.

 A ceremony to present Odon Vallet scholarships to 193 outstanding students took place in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue on September 1. 

 President of the Arab Republic of Egypt Abdel Fattah el-Sisi will make a State visit to Vietnam on September 6-7.

Vietnamese Ambassador to Cambodia Thach Du highlighted cooperation attainments between the two countries in recent times at a banquet hosted by the Vietnamese Embassy in Phnom Penh 1 to celebrate the 72nd National Day of Vietnam.

 A collective wedding for 100 couples who are disadvantaged workers in Ho Chi Minh City was held by the municipal youth union on September 2.

 With public funding only able to meet a fifth of the 1.8 quadrillion VND (80 billion USD) required for development works in HCM City’s in 2016 – 20, municipal authorities are striving to involve the private sector.

 Vietnam’s national futsal team have set their sights on a semi-final berth at the upcoming Asian Cup Indoor Games.